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  • Eu sinto pena e inveja de quem ainda não conhece o Gaiman, é tão único quando se lê o primeiro trabalho dele, seja quadrinho, conto ou romance… Fico feliz por teres feito isso, e espero que tua iniciativa traga mais e mais e mais fãs pra ele e que, talvez, o traga ao Brasil.

    Esse é um guia para quem quer se iniciar em Neil Gaiman [A Beginner's Guide To Neil Gaiman] 2008

  • O dia ainda não terminou, e espero que o baixar de temperaturas com o anoitecer nos traga realmente um manto branco.

    Neve sobre a Ericeira Artur 2006

  • Estas son palabras seales porque nos indican la cantidad de veneno que contiene el pesticida, si usted se lo traga, lo inhala al respirar o lo absorbe por la piel.

    Chapter 21 1994

  • Si traga un pesticida, dele a la vctima agua para beber, si est consciente.

    Chapter 11 1994

  • The bards remained outside and for three days abstained from food; on the fourth day they proceeded to perform _traga_ as follows: some hacked their own arms; others decapitated three old women of the party and hung their heads up at the gate as a garland; certain of the women cut off their own breasts.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • Frequent instances occurred of a man dressing himself in cotton-quilted cloths steeped in oil which he set on fire at the bottom, and thus danced against the person against whom _traga_ was performed until the miserable creature dropped down and was burnt to ashes.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • On one occasion a Cutch chieftain, attempting to escape with his wife and child from a village, was overtaken by his enemy when about to leap a precipice; immediately turning he cut off his wife's head with his scimitar and, flourishing his reeking blade in the face of his pursuer, denounced against him the curse of the _traga_ which he had so fearfully performed.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • The ordinary _traga_ went no farther than a cut on the arm with the _katar_ or crease; the forearms of those who were in the habit of becoming security had generally several cuts from the elbow downwards.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • They were first protected by their sacred character and afterwards by their custom of _traga_ or _chandi_, that is, of killing themselves when attacked and threatening their assailants with the dreaded fate of being haunted by their ghosts.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

  • Analogous to the custom of _traga_ was that of _Dharna_, which was frequently and generally resorted to for the redress of wrongs and offences at a time when the law made little provision for either.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

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